The Yuha Archive :: “SONICFOLIO SCORES” Episode 11:: Cypress Cycles— FIELD NOTES
SONICFOLIO SCORES was a collection of graphic scores jointly produced by The Yuha Archive (Toronto), and The Operating System Liminal Lab (New York). From August 2021- August 2022, eleven graphic scores were produced. Each graphic score endeavored to introduce new perspectives in musical notation and interpretation. The full archive can be found HERE
“CYPRESS CYCLES” is the eleventh installment of the SONICFOLIO SCORES Project supported by the Operating System & Liminal Lab. To stay up to date with the Yuha Archive SONICFOLIO Series, follow the project on Soundcloud or the Archive’s website. For the introduction to this series here on the OS’ Medium platform, click here.
CYPRESS CYCLES is a graphic score comprising of three modules for solo or open instrumentation. The goal of this graphic score is to reveal new connections found in purely generative languages that add, embody, and correspond to autonomously resonant ambiguities.
The scattered lines begin as visual abstractions that develop into sonic partitions to escape absolute linearity towards generation. The score can be used either as a theoretical correspondence to one’s intuition, or as theoretical void that gestures the intuition to deposit oneself. Existing without prior visual or sonic cues, the purpose of this autonomous score is to create an origin for non-interpretative goals in musical narrative.
CYPRESS CYCLES can be read in any omnidirectional orientation possible. This is not limited to folding or bending the graphic score. There is no durational limit to the piece.
Stanford Cheung engages across a variety of creative hubs as a classical pianist, sonic artist, improvisor, and multi-disciplinary poet. From concerto performances with orchestras, poetry recitals, to electronic free-form improvisation for art installations, Cheung has collaborated internationally with a variety of artists and scholars, including Morgan Fisher, Steven J Fowler, Shahzad Ismaily and Nobuo Kubota. Cheung’s commissioned projects have been exhibited or forthcoming at the 43rd Rhubarb Festival (Buddies in Bad Times), Osaka University OCCA, Edinburgh University, Christchurch University, Banff Centre for the Arts, Orpheus Institute, Kitakyushu Centre for Contemporary Arts, Tokyo Poetry Journal, among others. Presently, Cheung is pursuing his Doctoral degree in music at McGill University where his research is dedicated to the Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. He runs a multimodal soundscape project called The Yuha Archive.
You can find him here: https://stanfordcheung.com/
